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XX MKPỤRỤ GRAMMAR

stive, definitive, determinative, terminations are 1. Consonantal, 2.
syllabic.
Consonantal g, t, v, r, s, n, n, ka etinyere na ngwaa na-agwụ na a
Towel ;  eg  manag, mavat, sorav, koker, kokos, raun, tiqan.
Syllabic suffixes bụ ag, gag, mkpado, vag, rag, sag, mag, mag, lag,
ngbo, ngbo;  eg  taliag, vanogag, altag, sirvag, matalag, maraesag, saro-
mag, anumag, gasolag, tigonag, lilnag.
Vag nkwụsị nke abụọ dị iche na ndị a;  ihe nkewapụ
vag, nke enwere ike itinye ya na ngwaa ma ọ bụ kewapụ ya, na
enwere ike ịsụgharị hj ' na' ;  neira me tnatevag o vuru ha
jiri, ma ọ bụ nke, ụkwara nwụọ;  irgai me mate veta nan vag o vuru ndi
ndị jiri ụkwara nwụọ n'ọnụọgụ.
A na-ede adverbs abụọ dị ka ihe nhụsianya;  vitag n'ihi na a tụfuru m,
dị ka toavtag maka toa vitag, na reag site na omume naanị.
6. Praxes na ngwaa.
Ndị a bụ Caustive, Keciprocal, of Condition, na nke Sponta-
nnenne.
Ihe na-akpata bụ va, mgbe ụfọdụ ọgbaghara.  Enwere ike itinye ya na ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ
ngwaa ọ bụla, mana ọ na-ejikarị na, ge, mee, n'otu echiche ahụ.
Site na Causative va ngwaa va to go, nke ejiri dị ka inyeaka, ga-abụrịrị
iche.
Beciprocal bụ var.  Nke a mgbe ụfọdụ (tụnyere Fiji vei) na-eme
adịghị egosi mmeghachi omume ma jikọtara ọnụ;  a reremera we var-rara-
ụmụ rao na-ebe akwa otu mgbe.
Nganiihu nke Ọnọdụ, ma, ta, bụ ndị a kpọtụrụ aha n'okpuru
isi nke Adjectives, na-eme nke ngwaa ihe dị ka participles;
sare dọwaa, masare adọka;  wosa 2. gbawa, taioosa gbawa.  Maka ndị a
enwere ike ịgbakwunye sa 2.
Ihe nrịbama nke Spontaneity bụ tava, tav, tapa, na tama na-adịkarị obere,
taiva.
7. Ngwaa na-abụghị onye.
Enwere ụfọdụ ngwaa a na-ejikarị eme ihe na-enweghị Nomin-
ative, vivtig, rakut, vule, tama.
8. Ngwaa na-agbanwe agbanwe.
Adverb kel, azụ, na-akọwa omume egosipụtara;  enwere m obi
kelua, o gburu onwe ya.
9. Olu.
Ngwaa na-akpọ ihe omume ma ọ bụ ọnọdụ n'agbanyeghị olu
dị ka Ọrụ ma ọ bụ Passive;  neira me tanr paso o inia ha wuru
ụlọ;  o ima me taur veta ulo ahu ewuru.
10. Mmụgharị.
Ngwaa, dị ka Nouns, na-emegharịgharị n'ụzọ atọ;  site na (1)
nkwughari nke mkpuruokwu nke mbu, (2) nke mkpuruokwu nke mbu mechiri
consonant na-aga nke ọma, (3) nke okwu dum;  eg  puta, nọdụ ala,
Pupute, Pupute, Pupute.  Ike nke (1) na-aga n'ihu -
ance, nke (2) mmụba, nke (3) ikwugharị.  Ụdị ọ bụla na-ekweta
ikwugharị ;  o aka me salesalesale sasasaleXho.  ụgbọ epeepe na-akpụgharị
wee fegharịa.